KELSO
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:30 pm
Built as a fishery research vessel under yard No 800 by Hayashikana Ship Building Eng. Co. Nagasaiki, Japan for the Government of Japan (Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Fisheries Agency).
Launched under the name TOKO MARU.
Tonnage 1.516 grt, 482 net, 890dwt. Dim. 78.64 x 11 x 6.8m., draught 5.48m. Length bpp. 68m.
Powered by one 6-cyl.Nigata diesel engine, 3.500 hp, speed 14 knots.
Accommodation for 38 crew and 12 passengers.
Cargo capacity 120m².
1971 Completed.
1996 Sold to Eurex Ltd., Panama and renamed KELSO.
She is managed by Ovestone Ltd, Cape Town. IMO No 7338561.
She is used the year around in fishing.
2006 Still in service.
She is depict also in the background of this stamp, the white painted vessel.
Tristan da Cunha 1998 50p sg 635, scott?
Source: Watercraft Philately. Marine News 1997/430. http://www.tristande.com/ships.php
Launched under the name TOKO MARU.
Tonnage 1.516 grt, 482 net, 890dwt. Dim. 78.64 x 11 x 6.8m., draught 5.48m. Length bpp. 68m.
Powered by one 6-cyl.Nigata diesel engine, 3.500 hp, speed 14 knots.
Accommodation for 38 crew and 12 passengers.
Cargo capacity 120m².
1971 Completed.
1996 Sold to Eurex Ltd., Panama and renamed KELSO.
She is managed by Ovestone Ltd, Cape Town. IMO No 7338561.
She is used the year around in fishing.
2006 Still in service.
She is depict also in the background of this stamp, the white painted vessel.
Tristan da Cunha 1998 50p sg 635, scott?
Source: Watercraft Philately. Marine News 1997/430. http://www.tristande.com/ships.php